 | Tudor Jenks - 1905 - 370 páginas
...expectation expressed by Shakespeare in the Prologue to Act V. of Henry V. in these often quoted lines : " Were now the general of our gracious empress — As...How many would the peaceful city quit To welcome him ! " But Essex and Southampton were not yet plotting treason, and Shakespeare hardly needed patronage.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1908 - 380 páginas
...on the Earl of Essex's approaching return to the city from the obstinately disputed war in Ireland. Were now the general of our gracious empress (As in...many would the peaceful city quit, To welcome him ? The story of the play Shakespeare derived from Holinshed's chronicle, and in the main current of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1909 - 248 páginas
...case of Henry V. In Date. the Prologue to the fifth act occur the following lines: As, by a lower but loving likelihood, Were now the general of our gracious...many would the peaceful city quit To welcome him! The general here referred to was the Earl of Essex, who left for Ireland on April 15, 1599, and returned... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1909 - 408 páginas
...expos'd them." The only internal evidence as to the date of the writing occurs in the Chorus to Act V: "Were now the general of our gracious empress (As...many would the peaceful city quit, To welcome him !" This passage undoubtedly refers to the Earl of Essex, who set forth on his expedition against the... | |
 | 1913 - 126 páginas
...and doubtless the "wooden O" of the new theatre resounded with applause in response to the words : "Were now the general of our gracious empress (As,...many would the peaceful city quit, To welcome him !" 60 year before and had consoled himself as best he could by "going to plays every day," was with... | |
 | New York Public Library - 1917 - 320 páginas
...reference to the Earl of Essex which is one of the few references Shakespeare made to his contemporaries. "Were now the general of our gracious Empress, As...many would the peaceful city quit, To welcome him!" The first edition of Shakespeare's "Henry V" appeared in 1600 and it was reprinted twice before the... | |
 | Maurice Jonas - 1918 - 460 páginas
...The Mayor and all his brethren in best sort Like the senators of the antique Rome. With the plebians swarming at their heels, Go forth and fetch their...gracious empress, As in good time he may from Ireland come, Bringing rebellion broached on his sword, How many would the peaceful city quit To welcome him... | |
 | Sir John Arthur Ransome Marriott - 1918 - 332 páginas
...rate completed, in 1599, as appears from this passage in the Prologue to Act V : " As, by a lesser but loving likelihood, Were now the general of our gracious...How many would the peaceful city quit To welcome him ! " In these lines there is admittedly a clear reference to the expedition of the Earl of Essex to... | |
 | Sir John Arthur Ransome Marriott - 1918 - 320 páginas
...as appears from this passage in the Prologue to Act V : " As, by a lesser but loving likelihood, 133 Were now the general of our gracious Empress As in...How many would the peaceful city quit To welcome him ! " In these lines there is admittedly a clear reference to the expedition of the Earl of Essex to... | |
 | George Wyndham - 1919 - 502 páginas
...the chorus to the Fifth Act of his Henry V. a prophetic picture of their victorious return : — ' Were now the general of our gracious empress, As in...How many would the peaceful city quit To welcome him ! ' The play was produced in the spring of that year, but its prophecy went unfulfilled. Essex failed... | |
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Like to the senators of th' antique Rome, With the plebeians swarming at their heels, Go forth, and fetch their conquering Caesar in : As, by a lower but by loving likelihood, Were now the general of our gracious empress (As in good time he may) from... 
